Pain after surgery

[Alex_1990! 0]

I had a revision surgery from Lapband to Sleeve on August 2nd. So I am three days out. The pain is bearable for the most part. I am having a really intense sharp pain that runs across my lower chest under my rib cage. It last for a few seconds and then goes away. This happens maybe every 5 minutes or so. Is this normal?

[KCgirl061 1,533]

It is likely residual CO2 that they pump into you during the surgery. Not all surgeons are good about getting it out before closing you up. Does it radiate up to the shoulders or stay in your rib area?

[Alex_1990! 0]

It doesn’t radiate to my shoulders like it did with gas when I had my band before. It’s just super sharp and right across under my breast. I notice it more after I swallow my liquids

[ARMoma45 353]

I did that constantly after surgery. Take smaller sips. I forgot to do that a few days after surgery and took a big drink. My chest nearly exploded lol.

[James Marusek 5,244]

25 minutes ago, MysteryJess said:

YALL!!!! OK, I am hoping someone can give me some advice. I was banded in 2009, lost 100 pounds, was at my goal weight for about 9 years. Then around Christmas of last year, I started having trouble keeping ANYTHING down. My surgeon said the band was properly placed and had not slipped. He removed all of the Fluid from my band and I gained 40 pounds in a matter of months. My insurance finally approved a revision and I had that done 4 days ago. I had no real pain, just some gas pain in my shoulder and neck. They laid out these tiny little cups and told me to "sip sip sip every 15 minutes". It didn't take long before I had both small bottles of Water drank. I was released the next day and was able to drink 2 cups of beef broth, I ate an entire cup of sugar free jello---last night I ate an entire can of thinned down cream of chicken Soup in the amount of time it would take someone who had not had bariatric surgery. I have not had my post-op follow up yet but my mom had the VSG about 18 months ago and she can only eat about a cup of food. She told me it took her an entire day to drink 1/2 of a Protein Shake. My goal weight is 145 and I am currently 169. (I am within a normal BMI and have no co-morbidity factors but the revision was approved because of all of the issues I was having with the band.) My fear is that surgeon might have been super conservative and made my sleeve/pouch larger than it should be because I don't have a ton of weight to lose. I am just hoping that someone reading this had a similar experience but felt restricted once solid foods were reintroduced. I feel like this surgery might have been a waste of time. Is there anyone out there that was successful after not having drinking limitations immediately following surgery?

In general gastric bypass or sleeve surgery does not limit your physical ability to consume fluids because these pass right through your system. It does constrain the amount of solid foods that you can consume. So I would recommend patience. Wait for a couple months and then consider if there is a problem.

Also please do not post duplicate threads!!!!